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Large bulk matter search for fractional charge particles

Irwin Lee

hep-exarXiv:hep-ex/0209060

Abstract

We have carried out the largest search for stable particles with fractional electric charge, based on an oil drop method that incorporates a horizontal electric field and upward air flow. No evidence for such particles was found, giving a 95% C.L. upper limit of 1.15× 10-22 particles per nucleon on the abundance of fractional charge particles in silicone oil for 0.18 e |Qresidual| 0.82 e.

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